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For those who might be interested for a cheaper alternative - Intel Xeon 8280 QS is $1,800 USD each, a pair of those (56 cores) on a supermicro mb with 12 x 16
by dis-sys 7y ago
For those who might be interested for a cheaper alternative -
Intel Xeon 8280 QS is $1,800 USD each, a pair of those (56 cores) on a supermicro mb with 12 x 16G RAM is about $5k USD. It has an impressive Cinebench R15 score of 7,800+
- fabian2k 7y agoWhere do you get the $1,800 price? Intel says the recommended price is around $10,000: https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/192478/intel-xeon-platinum-8280-processor-38-5m-cache-2-70-ghz.html https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/192478/...
- dis-sys 7y agoI clearly mentioned it is an XEON 8280 _QS_. You can buy from ebay.
- fabian2k 7y agoLooking this up it seems like Engineering and Qualification samples are loaned by Intel, so the people selling them don't actually have the legal right to do that. They also might have other issues and limitations because they're not the final product, and you don't have any warranty on them. That's a lot of caveats to hide behind two letters.
- justinjlynn 7y agoIndeed. Stay away from Qualification Samples... the last thing anyone should want is an Intel CPU that's even less half-baked than usual.
- chx 7y agoOP said "QS" these are grey market chips, QS means Qualification Sample, Intel sends them to various manufacturers to test with motherboards and then they leak into the grey market. They are not retail so frequency and other characteristics might differ -- but even their stability might not be as high as a retail one. Although QS is usually better at this, it's ES (Engineering Sample) which can be very dicey.
- Tuna-Fish 7y agoBlack market, not grey market. QS are loaned on terms that explicitly prohibit resale. If you buy them, you are purchasing stolen goods.
- FireBeyond 7y agoNo, you are not. You voiding your contract with Intel does not make me a criminal. At best this is a civil tort.
- Tuna-Fish 7y agoNow that you know that they are all property of Intel, yes it does. Trafficking in stolen property is illegal in all 50 states, although the severity and specifics vary. If you buy them across state lines, 18 U.S. Code § 2315 also applies, making it a federal crime. And taking and selling the QS/ES chips is not "voiding your contract". It is theft, and given the value of the chips, would qualify as a felony.
- fgonzag 7y agoThe person selling you the chip is not the owner of the chip, they were loned to them by Intel, and they didn't pay a dime. You are buying stolen merchandise. It's exactly the same as if I were to lend you my bike and you were to sell it to someone else. That someone else is buying stolen merchandise.
- chx 7y agoYou might be right -- https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000005719/processors.html https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000... says > [...] are the sole property of Intel [...] Are not for sale or resale. So, whoever sells ES/QS chips is selling the property of someone else without authorization to do so.
- tempguy9999 7y agoThe article itself gives the price of $10,009. Incidentally, the cost of the Xeon Platinum 9200 are also given in the article.